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Some Interesting RIDGIDForum Trivia

Just for fun I wrote a quick program to count the number of words that have been posted on the forum as well as averaging how many words per post.

The results... as of 10-10-2007 11:18am

Total Word Count = 8668518
Average Words Per Post = 88.409

"Using this publishing standards information"At one extreme you get large print books with 250 words on the page. Academic books might put 600 words on a page with works of reference squeezing in 1000 words. A good working average is 400."

We have 21671pages of information that has been posted since the forum started.

Or an academic book with nearly 14447 pages

"There are 774,746 words in the Bible"

so the information stored in the RIDGIDForum is the equivalent of more than 11 Bibles worth of Trade related information

So when we say that some of the members on here have written books, we probably aren't that far off.

The knowledge combined on this site is truly amazing. Thanks everyone for sharing your experience and expertise.

I hope your bosses don't see this thread. Looks like someone might have had just a little bit too much free time on their hands today. On the other hand, a double thumbs up for thinking up the idea to check out that stat.

I decided to change calling the bathroom the "John" and renamed it the "Jim". I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.

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wow josh this is some interesting facts about this forum. over 11 bibles worth of trade related info is unbelivable. i just wonder if ridgid could pull all the trade info off of here and put it in a a book that could be sold to the public. could be very informitive. i know i buy books all the time that relate to trades that i know like framing and other thing that i don't like plumbing an eletric so i can have a basic idea of what others are talking about and so i can do small projects with little to no help.

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Sarathy, the software Josh wrote is in the form of system scripts. This kind of programming uses the commands from the OS on the computer where the forums are stored. It's a little different from traditional software creation in that there are really no formal tools for writing it (unless you consider VI a tool...which, well, it's a TOOL alright!!), there are no debuggers, and there's certainly a wealth of information on every command. Search the web for VI and you'll get hundreds of pages on how to use the VI editor. Oh...and there's also a "Man Page", or on-line manual page that lists how to use it. The Man page doesn't EXPLAIN how to use it....but you *could* probably figure out how VI works if you carefully read it.

Josh, this is very cool info! Thanks for taking the time to pique your curiosity and let us know!! There's so much really good information here, posted by some REALLY knowledgeable folks. I really can't thank everyone enough for all the help I've gotten here. It's a tremendous resource!

I put it all back together better than before. There\'s lots of leftover parts.